HERRIN(JSHAW'8 LIBRARY OP AMERIC AN BIOGRAPHY.
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wns born Jan.
|MH-t,
lairg otiiinty, N'a. Coiiiity
|H*r
.Mississippi: Im'sI
liis
JU-iifli
known
Lynch, Jeremiah, iMpitalist.
.Manh
IS.
was
atitliur,
Fall Uiver. Mass. of the Califoratithor of Kfjyp-
in
|SJ!».
antl
Sket<'iies;
tiat
lUir of
uiu
Itrncli
un«l Mar of IVxas; an<l are The (Min-k »»f DesTexas, and The Siege of
In lSS2-Sti he va«. a He nia state senate.
member is
the
Years
Three
the
in
Kloiidyke.
merehant, legislator, conLynch, John, gressman, wa^* lM»rn Feh. 15, 1825, in Porthe s«.rv«>il two terms in the laml. .Maine, slate legislature. lesentative from
In 1805-73 he was a repMaine to the thirty ninth,
lortietli. forty-lir"«t and forty-second ctnilie died duly 21, gresses as a repniiliean. |H!»2. in Portland, Maine.
Lynch, John Roy, lawyer, tor, in
(
a didegate
the autliur of K«'iu-
is
pooni-"
i.ny; llii" Star of the .lanio. Im.im
Mecklcn-
in
183ti,
10,
Ili*
'in<li(-Htt><l
jurist,
legisla-
e«»ngressmiin, wa^« born S«'pt. 10. 1H47, In 18»}9 he was appoint I'd a justice of
oncordia parish, La.
Ill'
the colonial congress in
t<i
in
dii-d
I7iii in
Lynch, Tfcomas,
Snuth
I
onuressman. was born .Milwaukee eounty. Wis,
I
the
of
Vis«-oiisin
I
and
Still;
in
1871
term the
honse.
in
eil
last
s])eak<M'
of
1873-
and 1881-83 he 77 was H representative fnnn
.Mississippi
to
the forty-tliini, fortyfourth and forty seventh congres.ses us a republiean. I'nder the Harrison administraion he was autlitor of treasury for navy de partnn-nt; and in 1S1»S beeanie paymaster in the I'nited States volunteers. He served through the .Spanish-. meriean war: and was prom«)tei| paynuister of the Inittnl
army. Lynch, John,
Stiites
lawyer, congressman, was Since 1, 1843, in rrovidenee. K.I. 1805 he has Iteen in the active |)raetice of law in Wilkesbarre. Ta. In ISS7 S!» he was a n-presentative to the fiftieth congress as a lM)rn .Nov.
demiierat.
Lynch, Patrick Niesen, clergyman, bishop,
was
Immii
March
1(1.
1817.
in
Irelaml.
In
1840 111' was appointed assistant pastor of the eiithedral of ( liarleston. S.C. In 185S be wax consecrated bishop: and he was in-
strumental dolliirs
for
in collreting seveiitei-n liis
thousiinil church. He was a classical theologian, a>4 well as a de-
and a voted student of applied science. Ho was the autliof (if a V)di:me of his enil.'cted artich's. religions articles. He died Feb. 2t5. 18S2. in sihcdiir
(
liarle->ton. S.C.
Lynch, Thomas, congressman, was born about 1720 in South Carolina. In 1774-70 he was a ileletrate from South Carolina to the continental eongn-ss. He had also been
in
in
a member 1S73-S3:
and was
district attorney of the etuinly in 1878-82. lie was mayor »>f .Vnti;:o in JS85 in 1888. In 1801-05 he was a rejires4*ntative from Wisconsin to the tif ty-stn.-ond and He fiftv-third eonuresst-s as a demixTnl. died .May 4. 1807. in AiuIko. Wis. Lynch, William Francis, soldier, author, was born in .pril. 1801, in Norfolk, Va. He was a naval officer of prominence as an explorer. In addition
to his publislie^I works, valuhe contributed able t'irtifles on scieitific
and
jects
to
imval the
newspapers
in
re-elect
serving
a.s
1844.
21.
He was
and
frt>iii
county
Adania
Nov.
le>;islature
the peace of Adams county. MisH. He was elected to the state
legislature
I7(»5.
arolina.
(
of the declaration of independence, was born Any. .*>, 1749, in I'rin<e (Jeorue iiarish. S.C. In 1775 he was i-onnnissionisl a eaptain in lie militia .s^-rvice. In 1770-77 he was a dele;:aie fmui South Carolina to the <-ontiiiental congre*is. and wa.s a signer of the ile« iaration of independence. He died in 187l> at s<«a. Lynch, Thomas, lawy« r, legislator, mayor. si;;ner
anfl
sul^-
lendius
maga-
I'niteil the He waH the Narrative of of the I'nited States* Kxplorinu' Kxp«nlition to the Kiver .lordan and the Dead Sea: and Naval Life, or Afloat ami Ashore. Hp died Oct. 17. 18(i5. in Baltimore. Md. Lynde, Benjamin, lawyer, jurist, was liorn He pracSept. 22. loot), in Salem, Mass.
zines of States.
author
ticed
law
in
Massachusetts; was
api>oint«><l
judge in 1712: and chief justice of ibf He died .Ian. 28, 174.">. in colony in 1720. Salem. Mass. lawyer, jurist, state Benjamin, Lynde, legislator, was born Oct. 4. 1700. in Salem. Mass. He became jud^re of sessions and common pleas; and in 1745 succiinled his father as chief justice of the colony of a
.Massachusetts. Towanl the close of his life He die<l Oct. 0. he was jtid«e of probate. 1781. in Salent. Mass.
Lynde, Francis, railroad manager, author, 12. 1850, in Ltwiston. N.Y.
was born Nov.
He is the author of . (Question of Coura;;e A llomam e in Transit The HeljM'rs anil a Private Chivalry; The Master of .Vpplehy
The <;rafleis; and The t^iiickeniuK. Lynde, William Pitt, lawyer, mayor, state 10. senator, congressman, was born Dec. In 1844 he was 1817. in Sherburne. N.Y. attorney-general of Wiwcmsin territory ; in lSt5 was ainiointeil Cnited States district attorney of Wisconsin, and held the iKW«iIn lion until the admission of the state. 1800 he was elected mayor of Milwaukee. He was a member of the state assembly in
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